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Snapdragon 860 vs Dimensity 1200

Snapdragon 860
VS
Dimensity 1200
Snapdragon 860
Dimensity 1200

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (with Adreno 640 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (Mali-G77 MP9). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (2)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
  • Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 860
  • Higher GPU frequency (~31%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 11 score – 960K vs 822K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 860
vs
Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 860
822433
Dimensity 1200 +17%
960724
CPU 299294 384772
GPU 119740 144433
Memory 162141 177452
UX 241258 254067
Total score 822433 960724
Samples [47 tests] [12 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 122.6 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.8 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 85.4 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.3 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.45 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.72 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 21 tests 8 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.67 images/sec 6.87 images/sec
Face detection 2.01 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.94 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 512.2 FPS 838.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 12 tests 6 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 442
Stability - 96%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 979 1311
Stability 91% 79%
Graphics test 5 FPS 7 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Snapdragon 860
10591
Dimensity 1200 +11%
11728
Web score 8774 9284
Video editing score 6020 6385
Data manipulation score 8724 10275
Photo editing score 22475 25491
Writing score 13390 14338
Phones tested Less than 3 2 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 68 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]		 28 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 71 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]		 88 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 51 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
1080 x 2400		 Oppo Realme GT Neo
1080 x 2400
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)CPU Throttle94%
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)AnTuTu 11826051
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 -> BifothAnTuTu 12963448
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Bifoth)AnTuTu 12963448
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 GPU4546
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 CPU1112 / 3313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu 11960724
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Π’Π°Ρ€Ρ„ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΠΉ Π˜Π³ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡)AnTuTu 11773735
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu 11961761
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 860 and Dimensity 1200

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)		 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2960 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 4.3 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G77 MP9
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 675 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 3 9
Shading units 256 32
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 510.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 MediaTek APU 3.0
NPU theoretical performance - 4.5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G Helio M70
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 19
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2019 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150-AC MT6893
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Comments

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FABv60 September 23, 2021 at 08:05 AM
You cannot compare ALU counts with EU's, Vector Floating Point units or GPU cores. They all use different architectures and designs. If that was the case, the Kirin 9000 that uses ARMs Mali-G78 MP24 24 core monster would be king. It does has 128EU's per core giving it 3,072 EU's and is rated at 2.332 TFlops of FP32 compute. Then again driver support is aimed mostly at Qualcomm's Adreno GPU but ARM is getting better. You have to look at MediaTek's D1100-1200 series which also uses a "ARM" "Mali" -G77 MP/MC9 GPU. It reminds me of AMD's VEGA64. In Vulkan based games or benchmarks, it shaders but, in basic OPEN GL.ES its like DX11. In time i'm sure ARM's Mali GPU will get better.
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root September 23, 2021 at 11:45 AM
This specification doesn't affect any score.
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